A US official says the Biden administration won't force TikTok to go dark in the country on January 19 and will leave it up to Trump to implement the law

The ban goes into effect on Sunday unless the Supreme Court intervenes. — TikTok logo on a smartphone.

ABC News 2025-01-17

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Vox Ian Millhiser on x
The Supreme Court's decision upholding the TikTok ban, explained
@karlbode.com Karl Bode on bluesky
this whole thing was such a lose/lose strategic turd by dems — they alienated young voters during en election by banning TikTok (a gift to Facebook), then you don't enforce it, making Trump (who only wants to save TikTok now because a prominent donor of his is a TikTok investor…
@chup.blakereid.org Blake E. Reid on bluesky
It's very interesting that the none of the relevant app store and hosting providers, all of whom are (unlike TikTok) actually directly regulated by the “ban” and have a much more straightforward 1A case than TT or its users, either challenged the bill or have clarified how they'r…
@alanrozenshtein.com Alan Rozenshtein on bluesky
This is unfortunately misleading. No one has to “enforce” the law for it to go into effect. The law just goes into effect on the 19th and Apple, Google, etc. are subject to it. Their lawyers aren't going to act differently because DOJ isn't at their door with fines. abcnews.go…
@shiraovide Shira Ovide on bluesky
So. There's a nearly unanimous belief in DC that TikTok and Chinese technology are dangerous for America, but also they believe it's politically unpalatable to actually do something about it? — www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe...
@kitvincentbooks Kit Vincent on bluesky
If democrats can scrounge 2 brain cell, they'll do everything to stop the TikTok ban. We can't afford to leave social media in Elonia and zuck's clutches — www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe...
@carnage4life Dare Obasanjo on bluesky
Biden realizing that he's given Trump a win by banning TikTok as the literal final move of his presidency.
@brandonfriedman Brandon Friedman on bluesky
This will test everyone's growing sense that laws are no longer real. What's supposed to happen Sunday, by law, is unambiguous in word and spirit. Without Supreme Court intervention or a buyer, TikTok is supposed to shut down. And both administrations are planning to just . . …
@ryanhatesthis Ryan Broderick on bluesky
Hard to overstate how thoroughly played the Biden admin and the Dems were on all of this. No one, at this point, remembers that all of this started as a Trump executive order in 2020. All that will be remembered is that the Democrats couldn't — or wouldn't — save TikTok. [embe…
@fraying Derek Powazek on bluesky
We're all trying to find the guy who signed the law to ban TikTok. 🌭 — www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe...
@bengoggin Ben Goggin on bluesky
Mark Zuckerberg got played — he undertook an intensive effort to shift his and his company's image to the right in an effort to maximally suck up to Trump, and what does he have to show for it now? — Core users are fleeing the platform, and now Biden and Trump look like they'll…
@aterkel Amanda Terkel on bluesky
Deputy White House Chief of Staff Bruce Reed has been a point person on TikTok and has received many calls from people urging the president not to let a ban go into effect, according to two people familiar with the matter. — www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe...
@davechen David Chen on bluesky
They never thought it would actually get banned because they thought it would get sold (because they're morons) www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe...
@petersterne.com Peter Sterne on bluesky
The people who supported the TikTok ban have argued “it's not a ban, since Bytedance could just sell the app” which I had assumed was just a bad-faith attempt to spin an unpopular ban, but it's possible they really were foolish enough to believe that. www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe…
@evacide @evacide on bluesky
Strong “Oops, we voted for Brexit” energy from the Biden administration. Dude, you are the guy who signed the TikTok ban into law. [embedded post]
@senschumer Chuck Schumer on threads
It's clear that more time is needed to find an American buyer for TikTok. We will continue working to keep TikTok alive, protect content creators' livelihoods, protect against CCP surveillance, and protect national security. I will work with the Trump Admin to find a solution.
@tomgara Tom Gara on threads
Such a stunning lack of seriousness in passing such a consequential law and writing it to take effect on the last day before the inauguration of the next president — RE: https://www.threads.net/...
@senmarkey Ed Markey on x
.@SenBooker, @ChrisVanHollen, and I are urging @POTUS to extend the TikTok ban deadline. [image]
@silvermanjacob Jacob Silverman on x
This is pathetic. What was the point? https://www.nbcnews.com/...
@mikeisaac Rat King on x
“it is imperative that we ban this app for national security but also not in a way that can imperil my legacy or party politically” is olympic-level gymnastics [image]
@phillyd Philip DeFranco on x
The Biden Administration's handling of the TikTok Ban looks impressively stupid. 1. Sign the bill that'll ban it without a sale. 2. Sale doesn't happen. 3. Scramble last second to keep it available in the US. 4. Then just lay the problem at Trump's feet? [image]
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Biden administration will leave it to Trump to implement TikTok ban
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Biden administration will leave it to Trump to implement TikTok ban
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Biden administration will leave it to Trump to implement TikTok ban
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Biden punts the TikTok ban to Trump
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Biden administration looks for ways to keep TikTok available in the U.S.
r/marketing r on reddit
So where do we think everyone is going to head after TikTok shuts down in the US on Sunday?
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Biden administration looks for ways to keep TikTok available in the U.S.
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Biden administration looks for ways to keep TikTok available in the U.S.
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Biden administration looks for ways to keep TikTok available in the U.S.
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